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🇨🇦 · Clark · 1979
| ID | Party | # | # | # | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 250 | PCP | PM | Progressive Conservative Party of Canada |
· Information
- Date
- 4. June 1979
- Caretaker
- no
- Wikipedia
- Election
- 22. May 1979
- Description
- Minority cabinet without support parties. Cabinet lost a confidence vote (yes: 133, no: 139) on 13 December 1979 over its energy and budget policy.
- Comment
- "(...) immediately following the election of the Conservative minority government of 1979-80, PM Joe Clark announced he would govern as if he had a majority." (The Canadian Encyclopedia)